Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-01-28

nounced as the next attraction Of the Il
lecture course lie lectures in Holley q
hall, February ;. Col. l.. +. Copeland, q
VINO lectured here u short time ago on 0
"onobs and Snobbery," will close the Il
course on Siluriay evening, February 10.
...... The rain OF sunday night and Mon .
day demoraliAed the sleghing The streets
in the village are in a horrible condition. =,
The river Is rapidly rising. .The.tradilional
January ihaH arrived little late, but did !
It's work in II rapid manner. The lum- !
bcr men are looking deNpondent. They !
VIII have TO suspend operations until after =
hnrlu snow storm. ,
North Hero.
Ms L. j. IIazeu lost valuable brood {
mare, Monday, which had to he shot, one I
OF the forelegs beiug broken completely
"lt by kick from another horse ...... The
iake Is watering up, the amount of snow
thereon causing 1t, which will make travel
bad unless Il sudden freeze takes place.
......C County Clerk Hathaway attended
court at ST Albans, last week. ..... There
VIII be farmers meeting at the city
January q and IS under the direction of
the board of agriculture. The meetings
Will be free and several topics will be dis
cussed by aple speakers. ... Can Il town
meeting legally warned be adjourned sine
dtc without first dspOsiug of all the art-
cles contained in said warning second.
Has "a moderator the right to decide
NOlt duNtIStlN maze DN dCCldlnAtlOn ana
when ballot was called for had he a legal
right TO refuse balloting? These ques-
tons refer To oar town meeting for De-
cember IS. The warning called for seve-
raj items to be disposed of but wien the
"mugwumps" got together some one
made motion to adjourn and 1t was as
plAn aS the nose on a mans face that the
noes had 1t but "IlshN libbard deCid- !
ed the other way and the consequence was
the meeting did adjourn. When he was
III doubt as to how it stood "ballot" was
called for and he refused to let "A ballot be
taken as he knew the mugwumps would
be beaten. MugWumps in this town are
those who have tough US in all matters
pertaining to the building of our bridge.
Ihey We're mad on the stltt and still .
Keep 1t up, Whicn causes this town to be |
IN Il state OF ehulllton all the time
Isle LA Motto.
The hard winds aud storms of last week |
drifted the roads badly IN places and the |
thaw OF sunday rendered travelling with |
teams almost impossible ...... Almost |
everyone over his way on our lGir Isle Is |
suffering from colds......SnOW Is about |
three feet deep IN the woods and business
ot all kinds j. nearly at Il ,tand-tiU......
| The donation tor Rev. Nj. Adams, Friday
| u4ht was well attended, considering the
storm, and bad condition of the roads and
| uettcd so clear OF all eNpense......N Mr.. /
/ Herbert GUudspced of EllenDurgh WIS in
/ town over Sabbath .....Mrs. II G. Hi
has gone to Buffalo, y. y, to visit her
/ daughter Mrs. SeVerence. ..... Mrs. y. W.
/ Fisk is visiting friends IN New York and
/ Brooklyn.
s,,, ,
"''
IWo persons united with the Methodist
/ church by letter and two had been ON
/ probation, and 10 more were taken on pro-
/ bdtiou...... Miss Emary Mott and Lydia
NJ. Roo Will start ueNt Monday for
Aiken, :. g., t. spend the ,winter.:..
KeV. MI 9eWtiI oI Milton VII organiZe
ounG feopIe society OF Chris' IAN I'm
uraNor AT lhe CohSleGallonal church
edhesday evening 80. FRANK f.. Adams
! VIII sUtrt heNt week To take Il course IN
me Albany Business college, at Albany,
~. / -; ~ uali hopihsoh mas purchased
me Ben rankin cplt ol SWahton parties
~,
ne stl"ehts al ne academy helFa sue
cesSlul i\c'un on frIdaN evening. WON
an ap,I'l /" '' more Tor the temperance
ceause li".A man. t. the topic. After the
Literary ana mus Il programme. an en-
Joyah.e iccihl time 'nSued. ...Mr John
Sch0He!d' an 4Ged man, was recently round
dead IN bed lie liNri alone, ana his nearest
helgh p1ts hol seeing MN OUT Went TO hls
mouse with the above result. Nhen last
seen he was complaining OF pam IN me
region ol the hterl MAJOR ~ y. SAL
lold ana a. y. HtIes attended the
Grand Army encampmrnt at st Al
banS last week .....our citizens are
making move 10 secure better
facilities tor tNtin9ulshing lires.....
heN FRANK Il llealN OF 'he ChlNersallst
{ tiou Tho nant Inn -inassnf II " Ho,rar,
has been purchased by W. y. Jackson....
Members OF Green Mountain Lodge of
Good Tempars spent very pleasant
evening with the lodge at Hyde Park last
| Week.,.... Members OF arner Post No 1
spent Wednesday evening OF this
week with Captain kentield and wife on
Pleasant street........ Miss Bell Hall
is again in Boston at the New England
conservatory. She has attained good
success with her large music classes here
and at Wolcott aud johnson Fred
erick Page and Frederick Fleetwood have
dropped out from the University, the
former has gone to Dorchester, Mass,
where he will work in drug store, and